tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277453522870555562024-03-19T04:32:06.139+00:00Carnivorous CornerI went from being a kid who has a fascination with carnivorous plants and spent months and sometimes years looking for a single venus flytrap, to a guy who has so many carnivorous plants that its time to start selling them. I aim to use this blog to show the progress of achieving that goal. Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-7393774722392492052014-12-30T21:59:00.001+00:002014-12-30T21:59:25.375+00:00Winter bluesIt's that time of the year again. Yep, that time where it is cold, snowy and freezing outside and even if I were to be able to get down the slope that leads to my greenhouses without slipping up, I'd still be greeted with plants that are in dormancy and are doing absolutely nothing of interest. A theme that will be reoccurring for the next 4 months or so.<br />
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Still, it's been a very good year. I made a couple of hundred quid in plant sales, and my YouTube visitor counter is now at the 3.2 million mark! As you'd expect, I will be making more videos and having more updates next year when the plants come out of dormancy. I've re-potted a few of my plants, namely lots of Venus Flytrap Big Mouth's, but that will be it. I simply don't have the room to divide any more. Not until I manage to sell a bunch at least. Here's hoping that happens next year.<br />
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You can find me on twitter: @plantsthateat <br />
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Until then, to carnivorous plant enthusiasts and people who are reading this blog,<br />
have a Happy New Year!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-56217050989614085342014-05-25T11:06:00.001+01:002014-05-25T11:06:55.073+01:00Photo's galore!It's been a while since I've added a bunch of photos to this blog, so here's my collection of photos from both greenhouses as of May 2014:<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-39687794806461993142014-05-25T10:55:00.001+01:002014-05-25T10:55:59.896+01:00Killer Pitcher Plant?? Not quite.....People often ask me if my plants are capable of eating people. It's asked in humour of course, but often I can almost sense a slight but of uncertainty/fear when they ask :P<br />
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My biggest plant is nearly 1 metre tall. I decided to position it on top of my water-butt and take a low angle photo. I like how it makes it look taller than my house :D<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-81527938933032134722014-05-08T09:04:00.000+01:002014-05-08T09:04:12.976+01:00We're going liiiiiiiive!Today is a glorious day.<br />
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Ok, its not actually cause it is raining outside, but it is good because very soon, this weekend infact, my business will start up. This is good, because it's been something I've been preparing for for over a year.<br />
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After spending so long as a child looking everywhere for even one carnivorous plant, I now find myself in a position whereby I have a couple of hundred to sell. I am starting off locally first. People who live in the area. Friends. Friends of friends etc. Then all being well, I hope to go nationally so I can supply people from all over the country. 'tis all about spreading the happiness and intrigue!<br />
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If you want to check out my site, go to <a href="http://www.carnivorous-corner.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.carnivorous-corner.co.uk</a>. This will provide more information about the plant's I am selling, as well as nice photos (if I do say so myself!), videos of the plants, frequently asked questions, and an introduction to how they all work.<br />
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If you want to read my ramblings in 140 characters or less, go to @plantsthateat on twitter. In the meantime, here's a nice macro of a Sundew:<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-20423515684465686822014-03-06T23:03:00.002+00:002014-03-06T23:04:21.785+00:00Wacky WeatherWe are now in March, and this winter, we've had probably the least amount of snow I've ever known for a winter. How cool is that? Well, not very apparently, as during one or two of the latter days of February, my automatic vents on my greenhouse opened up, due to the greenhouse getting to near 20'c inside! In February!<br />
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My Drosera Regia's are also still alive. Not something I was expecting as they come from South Africa. Infact, fingers crossed of course, most of my plant's seem to have made it through the winter, with the exception of one or two sundews.<br />
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My website is well under way now. I had considered getting rid of this blog and using the new website's blog to update things, but the truth is, I really like the layout of this current blog, so I will be doing a link to it from my website instead.<br />
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This reminds me, soon I have to order some new labels for plants, and of course a table and couple of chairs for when I go to the gala's and car boot sales to sell these plants in person. Roll on May!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-76265626595788707102014-02-04T20:48:00.000+00:002014-02-04T20:48:21.019+00:00Now. We. Wait. I've had a number of people ask me over the last few weeks when I will be ready to sell my plants. The answer is about April / May time because at the moment, they are all in dormancy (as the photos below show).<br />
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Repotting is now complete for this year, and I am totalling around 540 plants. I have also tried out some experimenting this year. A few of my Sarracenia's (Pitcher Plants) are nearly 2 ft tall but are in pots so small that the root's are sticking out of the holes in the bottom. Not only have I put them into a larger pot, but the pot's I have put them into are several times the size. I am hoping this encourages them to grow even taller and maybe even max out their height (1.2 metres) within a couple of years.<br />
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Also worth noting that I won't be selling my plants internationally. They will be strictly UK only. Plants are not allowed to be posted to the EU, and the expensive posting price to the US simply isn't worth it. Besides, you US/Canadian lot have a greater variety of plants with easier access over there :)<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-229050796395927672014-01-26T10:30:00.001+00:002014-01-26T10:30:25.014+00:00Ready.....set........repot!Although February is the most 'ideal' time to repot, or at least the most common time among carnivorous plant collectors to do it, I tend to lack patience. A week or two early won't make a difference anyway!<br />
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So far, I have repotted all of my Venus Flytraps, most of my Sundews, and started on my Pitcher Plants. For the flytraps, I was using a slightly different compost mix to usual. I bought it from a different site and its one that I have used for my flytrap seeds, and they seem to be doing really good. I think I will end up preferring this new compost as it is already quite damp, so unlike the previous compost, I don't need to be standing there watering it for 11 hours just to get it a bit damp.<br />
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I have had a few deaths, admittedly. Most, if not all of which, were sundews. Typically the tropical ones which don't tend to like temperatures dropping below about 8'c, which doesn't help when some days it is just above freezing. Still though, a handful of sundew deaths while over 40 still remain is a pretty decent ratio.<br />
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Speaking of ratio's, once again my venus flytraps surprise me. Times when I thought I could divide a plant 2 or 3 times and end up splitting the contents of a single pot into 8 pots is always great. Assuming they all survive this winter, I will be rockin' over 300 flytraps alone.<br />
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I've had less success with the divisions of the pitcher plants though. Admittedly, you are supposed to divide them every couple of years rather than every year, which would explain why I have taken half a dozen out of their pots, only to realise they are one whole plant and don't want to be divided yet.<br />
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I'm also doing a bit of experimenting this year with plant sizes. Pitcher Plants are said to be able to grow to just over 1 metre in height. My tallest ones last year were about 2ft in height, so to help encourage them to grow further, I have ordered and received a few extra large plant pots, which are 5cm wider and 5cm deeper than my current largest ones. This is obviously to encourage the roots to dig deeper and give them more space. Hopefully at least one of my plants can reach the 1 metre mark in the next couple of years!<br />
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It's also worth noting that I have made several divisions of the Cobra Lily's. There is certainly a fascination about them among people who see my plants. Truth is, they are still relatively 'new' to me in terms of understanding how they work and what conditions they like compared to other carnivorous plants. Still, I have 7 or 8 pots of them now and this is the first proper divide that I have put them through, and their root systems seem slightly different to that of my other plants, so we will see how well they do.<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-74612212908366104652013-12-28T11:41:00.000+00:002013-12-28T11:41:14.272+00:00It's the dormant time of the year again...I hate this time of the year. Yes its cold, often damp, probably soon to be snowy and icy and the days are far too short. To top that off though, carnivorous plants go dormant until about March/April time and currently look.........a bit crap really. In Spring, they will once again form new traps and stand colourful and tall and ready to help diminish the insect population.<br />
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Until then though, I am continuing to work on the new website. And by "work", I mean of course telling the designer what I am after! All being well, it will be up and running by next spring and I can start selling some plants. Not just via the website though, but also, perhaps even more importantly, through car boot sales. I enjoyed being at the Caythorpe Gala this year (or last year if your reading this in January!). It was a good opportunity to talk to people about these plants and also to put my finger on the pulse of what people were after and interested in. One of the best examples being that although venus flytraps are the most well known plant, it was the Pitcher Plant's that generated probably the most interest for people.<br />
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I also found out this year that Venus flytraps, or any plants for that matter, can't be posted internationally to Europe. I put a group of 6 flytraps on ebay, setting the, erm, settings to make sure only people from the UK could buy them. Somehow, the winning bidder was from Latvia. I didn't really bother questioning how it happened in spite of my specific settings, but instead set out to post it to his/her country, curious as to how much it would cost me in postage.<br />
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I took the parcel to the post office, and the lady said "do you mind me asking what is in the box?". I told her "oh, nothing too expensive, just a few venus flytraps". "Oh", she said. "You can't post them to Europe". Low and behold, she gave me a leaflet containing the 7000 item categories you're not allowed to post abroad, and the 3 items you are. I apologised to the ebayer and refunded him/her. Was feeling slightly crushed that being an international seller of these plants went out of the window though. Still, this mean's that I will be completely focused on the national sales for these plants and frankly, I can't wait!<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-53000419590910014392013-09-01T12:03:00.002+01:002013-09-01T12:04:37.656+01:00Venus Flytrap Care Guide<!--[if !mso]>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Venus flytrap Care
Guide</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Light</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you are keeping your flytrap indoors, its best to keep it in a south
facing window to maximize the amount of light it can receive, as these plants
love light and it is good for them to get at least 4 hours of sunlight each
day. Alternatively, you can place your flytrap outside, but make sure it’s in
an area that is open enough to get direct sunlight, but make sure it isn’t in a
location where it could get knocked over by gusts of wind. If you keep your
plant outside, you should still bring it in during winter as flytraps aren’t
keen on frost. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Water</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Do
NOT use tap water, use Rainwater</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tap water contains chemicals which will harm the plant. You can use
distilled water, reverse osmosis water, but the best water to use is rain
water. Stand them in 1 - 2 cm of rain water, but during the winter months, its
best to just keep them damp (such as using a mist spray) rather than fill the
tray up with water.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Feeding</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">I could say that you don’t need to feed your plant because it can catch
insects by itself, especially if it’s outside…..but I know you will anyway,
because I still do! Your flytrap will do fine even if it only eats one insect
every few weeks (that’s the whole plant, not a single trap). If you’re going to
feed it, feed it live insects.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The trigger sensors on the inside of the trap need to sense movement in
order for the trap to know it has caught live prey. Each trap can close and
open (with an insect inside) roughly 3 – 4 times until the trap dies off. If it
falsely closes (for instance, you put your finger in the trap to make it close,
which I advise against but I know<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you
will do it!), it can close and open 5 – 7 times before the trap dies. Each time
the plant falsely closes (due to your fingers), the plant’s energy is wasted.
This energy could be used by the plant to make even bigger traps!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Don’t feed the plant an insect that is too big. When the plant closes,
it makes itself air tight and releases digestive enzymes, but if it isn’t able
to close fully, it can become vulnerable to bacteria (the trap, not the plant).</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Winter dormancy</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Winter dormancy for a flytrap typically takes place from late October to
February. During dormancy, the plants leaves will die back and so it is
important to prune them. If your flytrap is outside, bring it inside,
preferably somewhere where it still gets daylight but feels cooler (such as a
conservatory).</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flowering</span></b></div>
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<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Usually around June/July time, these plants will start producing stalks
for flowers. Typically speaking, it is usually best to cut these stalks when
they are less than a few inches long as the flytraps put a lot of effort into
making them and can weaken the plant. If you really want to see the flower or
are planning on collecting the seeds, by all means, let the flower grow. But if
you’re more interested in having a healthier plant that produces good sized
traps, its best to prune the stalk. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Repotting</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flytraps don’t grow as fast as other plants and therefore, only need to
be repotted every year or two. It’s usually best to buy compost mixes
specifically for carnivorous plants from online retailers, but failing that,
get ‘nutrient free’ peat from your local garden centre. It is important that
the peat be nutrient free, otherwise the plant will likely die. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Growth</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">One of the
misconceptions of Venus flytraps is that the traps that are there when the
plant is brought are the only traps it will have and that they will grow and
that when a trap goes brown/black, the plant is dying. None of the above is
true.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flytraps are
constantly growing new traps that you will see emerge from the centre of the
plant. These new traps will replace the old ones and the plant will continue to
make these new traps during the entirety of the growing season. Individual
traps naturally get brown/black as it is part of their life cycle. When this
happens, prune them (only the brown bits).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another thing that some traps do when their trapping days are over is
open extremely wide to the point that the trap is no longer cupped. When a trap
is like this, it is being used by the plant purely for photosynthesis. </span></div>
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-4085287171395178352013-09-01T12:02:00.002+01:002013-09-01T12:05:40.655+01:00Pitcher Plant Care Guide<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Pitcher Plant Care Guide</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Light</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Pitcher plants enjoy sunlight and if they are
being kept indoors, a south facing window is ideal. These plants are typically
winter hardy (UK) and can be kept outdoors (though I would recommend bringing
them in during the winter). If you keep them outdoors, place them in a position
that gets plenty of sunlight but is protected from the wind.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Water</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Do
NOT use tap water, use rainwater</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tap water contains chemicals which will harm
the plant. You can use distilled water, reverse osmosis water, but the best
water to use is rain water. Stand them in 1 - 2 cm of rain water but during the
winter months, its best to just keep them damp (such as using a mist spray)
rather than fill the tray up with water.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Feeding</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Insects are attracted to the colour of the
plant and the rim of the pitcher which is covered in sweet nectar. While the
insects are walking around, the rim, things get slippery. It is also believed
that the nectar is poisoned and can make insect’s ‘drunk’. All these things
combined and the prey will fall down into the trap. Downward pointing hairs
prevent the prey from escaping. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Pitcher plants only need a person to feed
them if they are being kept in a place which doesn’t typically get flies. In
which case, feel free to feed it houseflies or hoverflies. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">If they are in a greenhouse or outdoors, they
will catch plenty of food themselves. Sometimes they catch so much food that
they get indigestion, and their traps go brown and can fall over – though this
is a good sign. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Winter
dormancy</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Pitcher plants like to be cool in the winter.
An unheated greenhouse or conservatory is ideal but they are also ok outside,
as long as they are in a fairly sheltered position. Prune the brown traps over
winter. Keep damp during the winter.</span></div>
<br />
<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Repotting</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Pitcher plants only need to be repotted every year or
two. It’s usually best to buy compost mixes specifically for carnivorous plants
from online retailers, but failing that, get ‘nutrient free’ peat from your
local garden centre. It is important that the peat be nutrient free, otherwise the
plant will likely die. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Growth</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Given ideal conditions and good care, pitcher plants can
grow up to be just over 1 metre tall. New traps will be produced from the
centre of the plant fairly regularly and after a while, the current traps will
start to go brown in parts. Typically, brown markings on the traps are an
indicator of indigestion, this is a good sign. After a while, these traps will
weaken and eventually flop over. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Personally, if a trap does this but still has
good colour in it, I leave it for a while (figuring it’s probably still
digesting its food), but when much of the trap starts turning brown, then it
can be pruned.</span></div>
Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-23228780203201805822013-09-01T12:01:00.001+01:002013-09-01T12:05:13.389+01:00Sundew Care Guide<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Light</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sundews are the ideal windowsill plant. Putting them in a
place that receives a lot of sun is fine, but in the wild, sundews grow among
grass and larger plants, so they don’t mind being in the shade for part of the
day, as long as they get a couple of hours of sunlight. They can be grown
outdoors, provided the climate is warm enough, but it’s usually best to bring
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Water<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tap water contains chemicals which will harm
the plant. You can use distilled water, reverse osmosis water, but the best
water to use is rain water. Stand the pot in 1 - 2 cm of rain water, but during
the winter months, its best to just keep them damp (such as using a mist spray)
rather than fill the tray up with water.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Feeding</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The leaves of a sundew are littered with
tentacles which have what looks like a dew type substance on the end of them.
Insects are attracted to them by the sweet mucilage and when they land on one
of these tentacles, they get stuck! </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The tentacles near to the prey all lean
towards the prey to prevent it from escaping and bring it towards the leaf of
the plant for it to get digested. In the case of some plants, such as the
Drosera Capensis, this can all happen within a few minutes. In the case of a
Capensis, the leaf itself will sometimes actually curl over the insect to make
sure it’s well and truly trapped.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sundews most commonly eat small insects such
as gnats and small houseflies. If you see a small fly going around the house,
when it lands, you can use the sundew to catch it (feeding time!). Just be sure
not to overwhelm the leaf with too many insects. Depending on their size, only
a few insects are more than enough per leaf. Though like the flytrap, they are
good at catching insects on their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Winter
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Winter dormancy for a sundew typically takes
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their stickiness and die back and so it is important to prune them. If your sundew
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<![endif]-->Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-28993182095740948912013-07-24T11:34:00.003+01:002013-07-24T11:35:24.830+01:005 waterbutts are better than 3!Anyone who lives in the UK will know that up until a couple of days ago, there has been no rain for several weeks. All good and well for those who enjoy 28'c temperatures and near constant sun, but not so good if you have plants that require rainwater.<br />
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I got so low on rainwater that a few of my plants either died (either completely or just died back). Fortunately I have a kind neighbour who allowed me to take some of her rainwater. This rainwater allowed me to water all of my plants and since then, I've brought another couple of waterbutts and we've had rain and storms and have more to come!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-4236873900113730612013-07-04T19:49:00.001+01:002013-07-04T19:49:53.455+01:00A truly nasty plantI often get asked, "can carnivorous plants hurt a person?" The short answer is: no, the long answer is "no they dont".<br />
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I recently read a news article about a particular type of plant called a 'Giant Hogweed'. A plant so nasty and invasive that in the UK, it is actually an offensive to plant one in the wild.<br />
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"<i>The sap of giant hogweed causes phytophotodermatitis
in humans, resulting in blisters, long-lasting scars, and—if it comes
in contact with eyes—blindness. These serious reactions are due to the furocoumarin derivatives in the leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of the plant</i>."<br />
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Source: wikipedia<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum</a>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-76460714378235364362013-06-16T17:58:00.000+01:002013-06-16T17:58:56.375+01:00Top tip: Use Sundews to catch fliesIt can often be awkward trying to catch flies with your fingers or even trying to zap them with one of those tennis racket shaped zappers, but sundews work a treat.<br />
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The great thing about them is, not just that they are sticky so they stop even the largest of flies briefly enough for you to grab hold of them, but also because flies dont seem to be afraid of sundews. Try to catch a fly with your finger and they will usually fly off before you get chance to grab them. But with using a sundew, the flies either dont fly away and get stuck to the plant, or in some cases, they even fly into it.<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-11739540049902327072013-05-19T01:31:00.000+01:002013-06-02T23:39:52.410+01:00Carnivorous Plants FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is a carnivorous
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<span style="font-size: large;">A carnivorous plant is a type of plant which lives in areas
where the soil is poor in nutrients and has evolved to get its nutrients by
attracting, trapping and digesting insects (and in some cases, small rodents).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How many species of
carnivorous plants are there?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are nearly 700 species and sub species of carnivorous
plants known to exist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How do they trap
their prey?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The three ‘main’ ways that these plants trap their prey are
‘pitfall’ traps, ‘flypaper’ traps and ‘snap’ traps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pitfall traps are typically long and narrow. Insects walk
around the slippery ‘lip’ of the plant. If they fall in, it is hard for them to
get out as there are downward pointing hairs and all sides of the interior of
the plant are slippery. The North American pitcher plant (Sarracenia) get
narrower the further down to the bottom it gets. This means that if, for
example, a fly gets trapped, it isn’t able to extend its wings to get out.
Also, the vibration of it attempting to use its wings can often lead to it
falling further down the trap. Tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes) slightly
differ to this as there is often water/digestive enzymes at the bottom of the
trap which causes the prey to drown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Flypaper traps, such as Sundew, contain sticky tentacles.
Insects are attracted to these tentacles and when they land, the get stuck.
Over time, these tentacles wrap themselves around the insect to prevent it from
escaping and bring it closer towards the centre of the leaf. Depending on what
type of sundew it is, the leaves themselves can wrap around the insect. Once
the insect is in place, the plant releases its digestive enzymes to consume the
nutrients from the insect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Snap traps are the type of traps that a venus flytrap has.
Insects are attracted to the traps because of the colour and sweet nectar. Each
trap has 6 trigger hairs, 3 on each side. When one of the hairs is touched, it
starts a 30 second countdown timer. If the same hair or another hair is touched
within that time, the trap will shut. It is still under debate as to exactly
how the trap shuts. The long hairs at the top of the flytrap are to help
prevent insects from escaping, but they don’t completely shut immediately. When
the trap closes, they come close together enough to trap large flies but still
leave space incase it has trapped prey so small that they aren’t worth the
plants energy for the digestive process and can let the insect escape. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>How big do they get?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Venus flytraps (the plants themselves) usually grow to be
about 15 cm across. The traps themselves don’t typically get any bigger than
5cm across. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pitcher plants vary a great deal, but the North American
pitcher plant can grow up to 3ft tall (after several years of good conditions,
though they are typically smaller. My tallest one is about 2ft). Tropical
pitcher plants are usually up to 20 cm in length (though typically smaller).
Some of the largest ones in the world are wide enough to put your fist in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sundews vary drastically on size, depending on the species.
The smallest ones are no more than 1cm across. The largest ones can be just
over 1ft in length. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Are they easy to
grow?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most common question I get asked. The answer is yes, I
think they are. Obviously with any plant, there are ‘ideal’ conditions to get the
most out of them by keeping them in x amount of humidity or x amount of
sunlight. Truth is, certainly for the venus flytrap, I’ve kept them room, the
kitchen windowsill, outside, in a mini plastic greenhouse and in a full sized
greenhouse and obviously conditions vary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The most important rules of thumb for the plants that I know
most about (Venus flytrap, Pitcher Plant and Sundew) are:</span></div>
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</span>ONLY give them rain water. Tap water contains
chemicals that can harm the plant. </span></div>
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</span>Keep them standing in about 2-3 cm of rainwater</span></div>
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</span>Keep them in a sunny position if possible. South
facing windowsill is ideal but as long as they get some sunlight, it should be
ok.</span></div>
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</span>Prune off dead bits</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ahh but food. What
about feeding them?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If they are outdoors (I’d recommend bringing them in during
winter if you keep them outdoors) they should get enough food by themselves. If
they are indoors, it might be good to feed them a fly or two maybe every few
weeks. If you feed them insects, they should be alive for the VFT and sundew as
they respond to the movement of their prey, whereas pitcher plants will eat
whatever you put in them, alive or dead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Will these plants
hurt me? After all, they are carnivorous</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes they will eat you, probably when you are sleeping. Only
joking of course. It is kind of odd them being called carnivorous plants, since
insects aren’t meat. But no, these plants will not harm you at all. If you
check my youtube channel (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/fnglazz">www.youtube.com/fnglazz</a>)
you will see I have several videos of me putting my fingers inside the traps.
There is no pain, its only two leaves closing on your fingers. I wouldn’t recommend putting your finger in
the traps of the flytrap only because it harms the plant as it uses up energy
to close itself. As for the pitcher plants and sundews; the pitchers have no
moving parts and the worst thing you’ll get from sundews is sticky fingers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Do these plants make
for good fly repellents?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes and no. A repellent is something that drives insects
away. These plants will attract them. However, if you have an area where
insects (such as flies) frequently visit, then these plants will divert there
attention and may even catch a few! Also – worth noting that pitcher plants
(Sarracenia) are better at attracting insects and can catch more than the VFT’s</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What soil should they be repotted into?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you repot one of these plants, its usually best to either buy the correct compost from one of the carnivorous plant retail websites, or buy 'nutrient-free' peat from your local garden centre. Make sure the peat is without any nutrients or the plant will not survive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So what do you think
the best plant is?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The venus flytrap will always be my favourite plant. The way
it looks, the mechanism of its traps etc. But the truth is, it’s a bit of a
false hero. It’s the most well known carnivorous plant of them all, by far, but
its not the best. The best plant for attracting insects than can catch the most
are the pitcher plants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I go into the greenhouse in the middle of summer, there
are maybe one or two flies walking around ALL of my flytraps, whereas some of
my pitcher plants have that amount of flies walking around a single trap. Most
of the flies hang about around the pitcher plant area and only occasionally
visit the venus flytraps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There’s also the quantity of insects that can be trapped. A
VFT might have 4 or 5 traps, but will typically trap one insect at once, and
that trap can be closed for over a week while the digestive process is taking
place. Whereas if a pitcher plant has that many traps, and its of decent size
(say 1ft), insects will keep falling into it and it can catch several dozen
insects per trap. I have known pitcher plants to catch so many flies that they
get filled to the rim (literally) and if an insect falls into the trap, it will
walk over the other flies and climb out again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That being said, when an insect lands on a pitcher plant,
more often than not, it won’t get trapped. Whereas if an insect of decent size
(i.e.: small) lands on a sundew, its instantly stuck. Same as if a fly walks
across the trap of a flytrap, chances are it will get trapped. In other words,
Pitcher plants are the best at attracting and can catch by far the largest
numbers of insects, but sundews and venus flytraps are better at catching the insects
once they land.</span></div>
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-76718560224078403472013-04-20T18:18:00.000+01:002013-06-02T23:42:16.385+01:00Live foodSo as you may have noticed from my recent youtube video updates, I've been feeding my plants some locusts and mealworms. Two reasons for this, 1. more videos :) and 2. Because, and especially with the mealworms, I want to see if this additional feeding makes some of the traps larger than normal.<br />
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Also going to be ordering some more plants soon. Yes, more plants, cause 500 just aint enough when there's room for more ;)<br />
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I am also trying to get a few good sundew timelapses because I love how their tentacles wrap around their prey. Trouble is, as great as my recorder (Kodak Playsport Zx5) is, and it really is good when it comes to macro's, it can be hard to see just how in focus certain things are on the LCD preview screen. This has sometimes resulted in 15 minute recordings of the sundews doing their thing, only for me to check the replay and see that the part that looked in focus on the LCD screen wasn't actually in focus.<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-72194670094766549302013-04-14T09:47:00.001+01:002013-04-14T09:47:26.921+01:002 Greenhouses are better than 1My second greenhouse is now up! This is great news because not only does that give me more room, but also allows more of my plants to get better exposure to the sunlight (as opposed to being in the 2nd or 3rd tier of the shelving units and spending much of the day in shade).<br />
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The greenhouse on the left contains all my venus flytraps and sundews. The one on the right contains my venus flytrap seeds and nearly all of my Sarracenia's/pitcher plants. I am considering using the 4 tier mini greenhouse (the green thing) as a home for any Nepenthes/tropical pitcher plants I decide to buy. Carnivorous Corner expands :)<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-32262206380235061572013-04-01T00:11:00.002+01:002013-06-02T23:42:40.790+01:00Slightly viral?So another of my youtube videos has had a large amount of popularity.<br />
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In December of last year, I decided to record a short video of me putting my finger inside the trap of a B52 venus flytrap. A B52 is one of the largest types of traps. Ideally, no one should put their fingers in the traps of these plants because it doesn't do the plant any good. People do this because they wonder what effect it will have on their finger.<br />
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Anyway, I made this video to prove the point that even with one of the largest types of VFT traps in the world, nothing will happen cause its just two leaves closing together.<br />
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For over 3 months, it got hardly any views. Probably no more than 100. Yet somehow, in the last 7 days, its had 18,000.<br />
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My youtube channel grows. My lifetime views grow. My subscribers grow. I continue to make my youtube channel become the epicentre for carnivorous plant related videos on the net :)Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-69400338856487915082013-03-29T10:30:00.000+00:002013-03-29T10:30:04.834+00:00Provado Bug Killer Removed from shelvesSo it seems that Soil lobbyist group Soil Association have got their way. Bug killers such as Provado Ultimate Bug Killer, as well as several others, have been removed from big stores. This is due to the ingredient 'Neonicotinoid' being linked to the decline in the bee population over the years.<br />
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Apparently when you spray a plant with the bug killer, it contaminates the pollen and nectar which can disorientate the bee's and cause them to lose track of where their hives are located, hence the population decline of bees. Bit of a shame because Provado always seemed to work well for myself and many other carnivorous plant enthusiasts. Just a shame there isnt a significant reduction in the wasp population!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-21457683709988376192013-03-23T15:57:00.000+00:002013-03-23T15:57:06.394+00:00Too damned coldIt seems that every year, for the last few years, we've been setting new records in Britain. Whether its the coldest month, the wettest, the warmest or the driest. It just goes to show that climate change is a thing.<br />
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Its currently 23rd of March. A month that is typically about 9 or 10 degrees celcius, and yet at the moment, daytime temperatures are barely above freezing and its snowing. Its now officially the coldest March in 50 years and in just 1 week's time, the clocks go forward an hour for the start of British summer time, yet it might as well be the middle of January.<br />
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Because of this, I have turned my greenhouse heater on. I wanted my plants to have a good natural dormancy over the winter, but this is too damned long for winter and given the fact that some of my plants have started showing the first signs of life, I dont want to risk them getting too cold. At least I can rest a little easier with the heater on as it means the temperatures in the greenhouse will remain above freezing.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-78133279288541472662013-03-17T15:02:00.002+00:002013-03-17T15:02:40.595+00:00First signs of life...Hopefully now we are coming to the end of winter. Its not so much that its been a really rough one (with the exception of a few days), its just one that has seemed to last forever. We are in the latter half of March now and yet only a few minutes ago, it was snowing!<br />
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Fortunately, today I came across the first signs of life from one of my plants:<br />
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<br />Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-34756352838581269662013-02-22T20:46:00.000+00:002013-02-22T20:46:18.440+00:00And the plants get even more amazing........I mentioned in a previous entry that every once in a while, I learn something new about these plants which makes me have even more respect for them. Just a few days ago a new discovery was made.<br />
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Up until now, it was believed that nectar, smell and colour were the only way carnivorous plants attracted insects. A few days ago, it was reported on the BBC website that a team of researchers in India have discovered that some types of carnivorous plants actually use UltraViolet light to attract insects to the traps:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21459520" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21459520</a>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227745352287055556.post-24574320530514780212013-02-16T20:17:00.000+00:002013-02-16T20:17:12.517+00:00Repotting completeSo after weeks of repotting each weekend, I have finally repotted all the plants that I wanted to. I also ordered the greenhouse a few days ago so that should be arriving within a few weeks. I would tell you how many plants I have in total, but I lost count at around the 450 mark. Though I estimate the total to be around 470 - 500.<br />
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You may notice that some plants haven't been repotted. These are mainly the more unique venus flytraps (i.e. the B52) and its mainly because I want to wait for them to divide themselves before I repot them. Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659277572075841386noreply@blogger.com0